Ready to purchase, looking for feedback

[brownnl]

After a whole mess of research, I think I''ve finally found what I''m looking for. I''ve inquired about stones from a few online vendors, and finally settled on WF because they have a setting that I really like and the great customer service. I looked at a couple of ACA stones that were SI1 but couldn''t find one that was clean enough for my standards, so I''ve settled on the following:

. Report: GIA
. Shape: Round Ideal Cut
. Carat: 1.01
. Depth %: 61.2
. Table %: 56
. Crown Angle: 34.5
. Crown %: 15
. Star : 50
. Pavilion Angle: 40.6
. Pavilion %: 43
. Lower Girdle %: 75
. Girdle: Thin to Medium Faceted
. Measurements: 6.47-6.50X3.97
. Polish: Excellent
. Symmetry: Excellent
. Culet: None
. Fluorescence: None

Is there anything about this stone that throws a flag to anyone? It looks well in the ideal-scope and the Sarin report yields all zero''s. Price is slightly over my budget at ~$5.6k, but I don''t mind spending it to ensure that it will be eye-clean in the size and color I want. I had the stone visually inspected by a consultant at WF and they informed me that it was a great stone. What do you think?

 

[brownnl]

Just realized I left out a very important piece of information from my first post: the color is H, and the clarity is VS2.

 

[angeline]

It looks just about perfect to me! I can''t see anything wrong with it. What is the Idealscope like? Is this an Expert Selection stone?

 

[brownnl]

Idealscope looks good to me, and is comparable to many of the ACA diamonds that I looked at. And yes, the diamond is an "expert selection" stone.

 

[angeline]

Date: 8/28/2007 7:45:54 PM
Author: brownnl


Idealscope looks good to me, and is comparable to many of the ACA diamonds that I looked at. And yes, the diamond is an ''expert selection'' stone.

Oh well nothing to worry about then! I''ve had a couple of ES stones. Could never tell the diff to my current ACA. Beautiful choice.

Do you know what you''re doing about the setting yet?

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[brownnl]

Yes I do know what I''m going to do about a setting. In the past I went out to a few jewelry stores to get an idea of size and what she was looking for in a setting. I am kind of lucky that my girlfriend likes simple, 4 prong, white gold/platinum settings. I''ve been bouncing settings off her, and she seemed to really like the "sleek lines" solitaire setting from WF. So that''s the setting I''ll go with, I just have decide whether to go with white gold or platinum.

 

[Ellen]

I looked your stone up, it''s gorgeous. Great choice!